Linking design and manufacturing domains via web-based and enterprise integration technologies

Cheung, WM; Maropoulos, PG; Matthews, PC

doi:10.1504/ijcat.2010.031934

Linking design and manufacturing domains via web-based and enterprise integration technologies

Cheung, WM; Maropoulos, PG; Matthews, PC

Authors

WM Cheung

PG Maropoulos

Dr Peter Matthews p.c.matthews@durham.ac.uk
Associate Professor

Abstract

The manufacturing industry faces many challenges such as reducing time-to-market and cutting costs. In order to meet these increasing demands, effective methods are need to support the early product development stages by bridging the gap of communicating early design ideas and the evaluation of manufacturing performance. This paper introduces methods of linking design and manufacturing domains using disparate technologies. The combined technologies include knowledge management supporting for product lifecycle management systems, Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems, aggregate process planning systems, workflow management and data exchange formats. A case study has been used to demonstrate the use of these technologies, illustrated by adding manufacturing knowledge to generate alternative early process plan which are in turn used by an ERP system to obtain and optimise a rough-cut capacity plan.

Citation

Cheung, W., Maropoulos, P., & Matthews, P. (2010). Linking design and manufacturing domains via web-based and enterprise integration technologies. International Journal of Computer Applications in Technology, 37(3/4), 182-197. https://doi.org/10.1504/ijcat.2010.031934

Journal Article Type	Article
Publication Date	Jan 1, 2010
Deposit Date	Jan 21, 2010
Publicly Available Date	Feb 1, 2010
Journal	International Journal of Computer Applications in Technology
Print ISSN	0952-8091
Electronic ISSN	1741-5047
Publisher	Inderscience
Peer Reviewed	Peer Reviewed
Volume	37
Issue	3/4
Pages	182-197
DOI	https://doi.org/10.1504/ijcat.2010.031934